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Saturday, March 30, 2013

We have been talking about eating less meat. We already try to do our Meatless Mondays but lately I have been looking for more tasty veggie recipes. This was my first Strata but it came out great. I added green onions and roasted my own green pepper. We had Basil Pesto leftover from Trader Joe's but as soon as my garden is going then I'd like to try to make that from scratch as well. You can really change the ingredients in this recipe to your tastes. I think I'll use sourdough bread next time and I'm thinking some grilled portobello mushrooms might be good.

2.In medium bowl, beat eggs, milk, salt, and pepper with
a fork or wire whisk until well blinded. Pour evenly over cheese in dish. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours but
not longer than 24 hours.

3.Heat oven to 325 degrees. Bake uncovered 55 to 60
minutes or until knife inserted in center comes clean and top is golden brown.
Let stand 5 minutes before cutting.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Last summer we build raised garden beds in our small backyard. In them we grew strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, basil and lettuce.

We are always looking for ways to use what we have and we have a lot of glass bottles, so we put them upside down between the beds. They act as a decorative trim and add different texture. These pictures were taken to be some of the before shots because of all the things we have planed for the yard this summer.